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The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 46, cont. (p.144) |
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a Masque for Christmas, so that they grow serious about that already; that will hasten my Lady Bedfords journey, who goes with- in ten days from hence to her Lord, but by reason of this, can make no long stay there. Justinian the Venetian is gone hence, and one Carraw come in his place: that State hath taken a fresh offence at a Friar, who refused to absolve a Gentleman, because he would not expresse in confession what books of Father Paul, and such, he knew to be in the hands of any others; the State com- manded him out of that territory in three hours warning, and he hath now submit- ted himself, and is returned as prisoner for Mantua, and so remains as yet. Sir H. Wootton who writ hither, addes also that upon his knowledge there are 14000 as good Protestants as he in that State. The Duke Joyeuse is dead, in Primont, returning from Rome, where M. Mole who went with the L. Rosse, is taken into the Inquisition, and I see small hope of his recovery (for he had in some translations of Plessis books [CW: talked] |
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